Care bonus: The corona premiums differ enormously worldwide - difference of 9,500 euros

In Germany, only care for the elderly benefits from the state care bonus of 1,500 euros - hospital staff get nothing. A global overview.

• While German hospital staff apparently missed out, their colleagues in Sweden received a corona premium of around 9,600 euros.
• Italy and Spain were among the hardest hit by the corona virus. Spain rewards hospital staff with a bonus of 1,350 euros.
• 1,500 euros Corona premium is paid in France and Greece.

The digital health platform Qunomedical has published an international salary comparison for the health care system , in which the earnings of general practitioners, nurses * and emergency doctors in the 36 member states of the OECD are compared. In addition, the study provides information on government-approved bonus payments and premiums for medical professionals .

Nursing bonus: Corona premiums for medical staff with major differences

These  Sebastian Hunchback, COO of Qunomedical : "We have around this investigation carried out in response to debates about the salaries in the nursing profession. It raises vital questions about the social value of medical health and nursing ”.

After the efforts made in the wake of the corona pandemic, one-off bonus payments and premiums for nurses and medical staff were decided in many countries. In  Germany  , the care bonus decided by the Bundestag only applies to those employed in elderly care. A restriction that has met with broad criticism and is understandable if you know how decisions were made in other countries such as France or Sweden. While  Sweden rewards  medical staff with  record premiums  of around 9,500 euros, in  France  it is 1,500 euros.

Table 1: International comparison of premiums for medical staff

In an international comparison of salaries in the health sector,  Luxembourg tops  the list. Nursing staff in clinics earn an average of around  78,800 euros there  (salary purchasing power parity *). In  Germany  , nurses earn the equivalent of only around  48,300 euros , which is still around a third more than their colleagues in  Italy  with  32,600 euros . The health workers in Turkey also enjoy comparatively generous remuneration  . Emergency physicians there look at an annual income that  corresponds to a purchasing power of more than  210,000 euros , whereas in Germany it is an average of 173,000 euros.

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Table 2: International comparison of salaries with selected results

* In order to be able to compare different countries and currencies fairly, all real salaries have been converted into a format that corresponds to the respective purchasing power.

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